Tribal girl gang-raped by 10 men in J'khand; 8 held

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Tribal girl gang-raped by 10 men in J'khand; 8 held

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A 17-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by 10 men when she went out to relieve herself in Jharkhand's Godda district, the police said on Sunday.Eight of the accused have been arrested so far in connection with the incident that happened in the Sundar Pahari police station area on Friday,...
21:05

Army chief visits forward posts in Garhwal, reviews operational readiness

Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi
Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi
Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday visited forward posts in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region and reviewed the operational and administrative readiness of the forces deployed in the region, officials said.During his interaction with members of the troops there, he emphasised the importance of...
20:33

Rajasthan reels under intense heat, Sri Ganganagar hottest at 47.4 deg C

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Mercury soared in most parts of Rajasthan on Sunday as maximum temperature in several areas remained above the 45-degree mark with Sri Ganganagar being the hottest district in the state at 47.4 degrees Celsius. The Jaipur meteorological centre has predicted that the state will continue to...
20:23

BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath dies at 63, leaders condole

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Maganti Gopinath/Instagram/ANI Photo
Opposition BRS MLA from Jubilee Hills Maganti Gopinath passed away early on Sunday at a private hospital in Hyderabad following a heart attack. He was 63. Gopinath, who defeated Congress leader and former cricketer Mohd Azharuddin in the 2023 Telangana assembly polls, was admitted to...
19:51

Protest erupts after meat pieces found near eidgah in Mathura

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Pieces of meat were found strewn around in an empty plot near an eidgah on Barsana Road in Mathura district, police said on Sunday. The incident sparked protests by members of some right-wing outfits after locals alleged that it was cow meat, they said, adding the meat pieces were found in...
19:39

'Imran Khan likely to be released from jail on June 11'

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan is likely to get bail on June 11 in the Al-Qadir Trust case, a top party leader has said Islamabad. The Islamabad high court is set to hear the petitions requesting the suspension of sentences to Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the 190 million...
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Modi minister Chirag Paswan announces Bihar poll bid

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Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas supremo Chirag Paswan on Sunday publicly declared his intention to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, vowing to fight for Bihar first and Bihari first. Addressing the 'Nav Sankalp Mahasabha' in Ara, Bhojpur district, Paswan, who is...
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In 2026, NDA will form governments in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah prays at Meenakshi Amman Temple, in Madurai/ANI Photo
Union Home Minister Amit Shah prays at Meenakshi Amman Temple, in Madurai/ANI Photo
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that the NDA would form governments in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Addressing party office bearers, he hailed Madurai as a city of 'Parivartan' and said his party's Karyakarta Sammelan (workers meet) would lead to change as well, of dislodging...
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Two killed in separate stabbings as Israel faces surge in homicides

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Two deadly stabbings late Saturday added to a growing wave of homicides across Israel.In Nahariya, 67-year-old Daniela Yakubovich was found stabbed to death in her home around 10 PM, according to the police. Magen David Adom responders attempted to resuscitate her but pronounced her dead at...
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Manipur Guv holds security meet amid Meitei protests

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Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Sunday held a security review meeting with senior officials in the wake of violent protests across the state over the arrests of Meitei outfit leaders. A Raj Bhavan statement said the governor also met a delegation of MLAs who apprised Bhalla of the...
17:19

Tiger, dog trapped in pit near Kerala-TN border, rescued

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A tiger and a dog got trapped together in a nine feet deep pit near Mayiladumparai close to the Tamil Nadu border on Sunday morning were rescued after being tranquilised, the forest department said. Both animals fell in the pit, while the tiger was chasing the dog, a senior forest official said...
16:53

HDFC Bank rejects allegations of Lilavati Trust on CEO

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HDFC Bank has denied Lilavati Trust's allegation that the bank's MD and CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan was involved in a series of financial frauds. The allegation levelled by Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust (LKMM Trust), its trustees and officials against the bank's MD and CEO are baseless...
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Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Housefull 5' collects Rs 56.73 cr in two days

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Housefull 5 featuring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez, has earned over Rs 50 crore nett at the domestic box office in two days, the makers announced on Sunday. Directed by Tarun Mansukhani, the film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala's production banner Nadiadwala...
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Doctor arrested for raping patient at clinic in UP

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A doctor was arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman patient at his clinic in a village here at the Bhopa police station area on Saturday evening. The police said she was harassed and raped at the clinic and when the woman complained about it, the doctor who is also a former BJP...
15:39

16 held for slaughtering cattle during Eid in Assam: CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said 16 people were arrested for illegally slaughtering cattle during Eid a day ago. He said recovery of cattle parts was reported from multiple locations across Assam, and five illegal slaughter sites were found in two districts of Barak...
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India will protect farmers' interest in US trade talks: Shivraj Singh

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India will prioritise protecting its farmers' interests while assessing potential gains and losses in the ongoing trade negotiations with the United States over agricultural market access, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. Our priority is to protect the interest of our...
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Maharashtra, Karnataka account for 51% of FDI in India in FY25: Govt

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Maharashtra and Karnataka accounted for 51 percent of the foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the country during the last financial year 2024-25, according to the latest data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. Maharashtra attracted maximum foreign...
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White tigress gives birth to two cubs at zoo in Bhubaneswar

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A white tigress in Nandankanan Zoological Park here gave birth to two cubs including a white one, the authorities said on Sunday. The two cubs were born inside the enclosure of the tigress named 'Mousumi' at 9:15 pm and 11:03 pm on Saturday. A zoo official said the sex of the cubs could...
14:14

Active Covid cases in India cross 6,000-mark

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India's active Covid case tally crossed the 6,000 mark with 769 new infections being reported in the last 48 hours, according to the Union health ministry data released on Sunday. Kerala continues to be the most affected state, followed by Gujarat, West Bengal and Delhi, according to the...
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28 stranded people airlifted from landslide-hit Chaten in north Sikkim

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The Sikkim government on Sunday evacuated 28 people, including three minors, stranded in Chaten in the northern part of the Himalayan state, where road connectivity has been snapped due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rain, officials said. Responding to distress calls from a few...
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Shiv Sena leader's murder: Prime accused arrested from Silvassa

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The police on Sunday arrested the prime accused in the abduction and murder case of Shiv Sena leader Ashok Dhodi from Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, an official said. Based on a tip-off, the victim's brother, Avinash Raman Dhodi (60), who had been on the run for...
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Nine-year-old girl's body found inside suitcase in Delhi

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A nine-year-old girl was found stuffed in a suitcase at a neighbour's house in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur area, triggering protests by family members and locals who alleged sexual assault and murder of the minor. The police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the area to...
12:28

Three Congress MLAs to join Telangana cabinet on June 8

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy
Ruling Congress MLAs G Vivek Venkata Swamy, Adluri Laxman Kumar and Vakiti Srihari are set to be inducted into the cabinet headed by Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday. The swearing-in ceremony would be held at the Raj Bhavan at 12 noon, official sources said. The chief...
11:55

Boy dies after falling into borewell in UP village

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A five-year-old boy died after falling into a 10-feet-deep borewell in a village in Mainpuri, the police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Friday night in Akbarpur Jhala village when the child, identified as Ansh, slipped into the borewell while trying to get a closer look at a...
11:46

Jaishankar embarks on week-long trip to Europe

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday embarked on a week-long visit to Europe to hold talks with leaders of France, the European Union and Belgium to boost bilateral ties and reaffirm India's policy of zero-tolerance against terrorism. Jaishankar's visit to Europe comes a month...
11:14

B'luru stampede: CM increases compensation for kin of deceased

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday increased the compensation amount announced for the kin of the deceased in the stadium stampede from Rs 10 to Rs 25 lakh per family, the government said.Eleven people died and over 50 were injured following a stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium...
10:50

Gautam Adani's salary lags behind his own executives

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India's second richest person Gautam Adani received a total remuneration of Rs 10.41 crore in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, lower than most industry peers and his own key executives.  Adani, 62, drew salaries from two out of the nine listed companies in his ports-to-energy...
10:28

Don't want...: Fadnavis on Thackeray, Pawar reunion buzz

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that he did not want to invite trouble by commenting on the speculation over potential tie-ups between the NCP factions as well as the estranged Thackeray cousins. Fadnavis was in Pune to attend a book launch. I don't...
09:52

Soldiers injured in Op Sindoor ready to...: BSF DIG

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Asserting that soldiers injured in the attack carried out by Pakistan in response to Operation Sindoor have returned from hospital with high morale, a senior BSF officer on Saturday said they are once again ready to give Pakistan a befitting reply in case of any misadventure.   He said...
09:47

IAF airlifts kidney, cornea; multi-organ donation saves lives of 5

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Five persons received a new lease of life after a brain dead patient's organs were sent across different parts of the country, with one kidney and a cornea being airlifted by an Indian Air Force aircraft from Bengaluru to Delhi.The Indian Air Force (IAF), in a post on X, shared details of the...
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Manipur tense over reports of Meitei leaders' arrest

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Prohibitory orders have been clamped in five Imphal valley districts of Manipur following intense protests in the state capital late on Saturday night over reports claiming that a leader of Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol was apprehended.  A total curfew was imposed in the Bishnupur...
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Dog carries newborn's body in its jaws at MP hospital

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A stray dog was seen clutching a dead newborn in its jaws near the toilet of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter, officials said.A security guard managed to retrieve the body after shooing away the dog at the civil hospital...